Harry Salisbury vs. Bob Wicker — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bob Wicker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Wicker built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Salisbury as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Salisbury posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.55 and WHIP 1.099 compared to 2.73 and 1.212 for Bob Wicker. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bob Wicker

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
1.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.17
55.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.78
84.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3110
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
963
8.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
2.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
4.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4201
36.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
3.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.212
1.212
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3898
33.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.47
36.47

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bob Wicker

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3663
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
2.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.94
89.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.854
1.854
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.71
56.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bob Wicker

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
201.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
513
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
557.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
114.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
99.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
15.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.79
36.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
134.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
145.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
63.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
31.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.58
39.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
25.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
64
74.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
8.02
8.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100